Assessment Overview

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Unit: PPMP20015, Term 1 – 2020
Assessment 1 (Individual)

Due date and
time:		Monday 20 April 2020 at 9:00 am (AEST) ASSESSMENT
Submit electronic copy – max file size is 50MB.
Weighting: 40%
Length:Between 2000 and 2500 words (excluding reference list
but including template headings) 		1

Assessment Overview
This assignment requires you to identify and provide preliminary information to support a future
research proposal and draws on information taught in weeks 1-5. A template is provided in the
Moodle page for Assessment 1 and must be used in completing this assignment.
You are required to:
1. Choose a topic area to research (using the Research Topic Generation Tool for Assignment
1 provided in the Week 1-Tutorial section of unit Moodle site and as addressed in the
tutorial activity for Week 1)
2. Identify a specific gap in the scholarly research relating to your chosen topic area (based on
your reading about the topic)
3. Complete each of the sections in the provided template (Instructions on how to use the
template are provided within the template itself). The template requires you to provide a
rationale for your proposed research, write a basic literature review to show your
understanding of the research area, identify and describe the research question/s and
objective/s for your research and explain, with reasons, whether you will use a quantitative,
qualitative or mixed methodology approach in your research design. Your ability to
demonstrate understanding of these processes will determine the marks you are given.
Learning outcomes assessed for Assessment 1:
3 – Conduct a literature search to identify a problem that warrants research within the project
management context
4 – Select appropriate research approaches, methods and skills for solving the research problem
Referencing style
The Unit Profile states the general referencing style for this unit is Harvard (Author-Date).
However, for this assessment you MUST use the EndNote Harvard-CQU referencing style (see
Endnote instructions in Week 4 of the unit Moodle site and Library guide at
https://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/endnote/endnote-styles )
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Marking Criteria for Assessment item 1
Your assignment will be assessed on the quality and extent to which it meets each of the following
criteria. (Students must also read the instructions and guide notes provided in the ‘Proposed
Research Report’ template available in the Unit Moodle site page for Assessment 1).

Criteria Maximum
marks
1. Identify a gap in research about the chosen topic and provide a rationale for undertaking the
research:
The student response must:
a) clearly describe the gap (maximum 1.5 marks),
b) adequately identify why the gap exists (maximum 1.5 marks),
c) provide a clear explanation of how the research project would help close that gap (maximum 1.5
marks), and
d) provide references to scholarly articles to support the rationale (maximum 1.5 marks)		6
2. Write a literature review:
The literature review provided by the student must:
a) be based on ten (10) scholarly journals that are relevant to the area of focus of the chosen research
topic (maximum 4 marks)
b) be properly synthesised as described in Week 3 topic materials (maximum 4 marks),
c) adequately:
i) identify key issues related to the area of focus (maximum 2 marks)
ii) describe existing research (maximum 2 marks), and
iii) show any potential gaps in the current research (maximum 2 marks)
d) Students must also explain how they located the articles and evaluated their credibility (maximum 2
marks)		16
3. Identify and describe research questions and objectives
The student response must identify and clearly describe:
a) Two research questions (maximum 2 marks), and
b) Two research objectives for each question (maximum 2 marks)
(Questions and objectives must be clearly linked to answering the research problem)		4
4. Choose an appropriate research methodology
The student response must:
a) Clearly explain the purpose for a research methodology (using references to scholarly source/s to
support their explanation) (maximum 1 mark)
b) Clearly describe the research methodology proposed for their research (maximum 1 mark)
c) Provide a clear justification for the choice of research methodology, supported by reference to a
minimum of three different scholarly literature sources about research design (maximum 4 marks).		6
5. Provide a submission which is appropriately structured, properly presented and uses appropriate
referencing
The student response must provide a submission which:
a) Is correctly structured using the template (maximum 2 mark)
b) Has clarity of expression (maximum 2 mark)
c) Uses correct grammar and spelling (maximum 2 mark)
d) Uses appropriate Endnote Harvard-CQU referencing (maximum 2 mark)		8
Sub-Total 40
NOTE:
Where the overall word count is below or above the required range by up to 250 words, a penalty of 2
marks will be applied. Where it is below or above by more than 250 words, a penalty of 4 marks will be
applied. (Template section headings are to be included in the word count but the reference list is to be
excluded from the word count).
Late penalties will also apply
Total Marks